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Oy if one can't get it done with a 257 Wby then needs to take up another form of recreation.... Tons upon tons of elk have been taken... -
We just got back from Africa. One of the rifles that we took was a semi custom 257 bee. This rifle was set up with our 116g Sledge...
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I have a friend who has used nothing but a 25-06 and factory loads for elk ( up in mixed woods country, North slope Uintas) for decades...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to HammerBullets's post in the thread Broke in the new Weatherby with
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Pipper broke in his new Weatherby 307 MeatEater in a 300WM by dropping this Oregon cow elk with the 163 Hammer HHT running 3245FPS. He... -
Wilderness Blacktail reacted to Bang4theBuck's post in the thread The Tale of 2 Elk and Hammer Bullets with Like.
I have two good friends that have been trying to buddy draw Elk tags in SE Wyoming, and on their 13th year (this year), they drew the...
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You ought to have a lot of opinions by the end of the day, but I'll give you a bump. The general advice I got about hammers was that you...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to McGuireBallistics's post in the thread McGuire Ballistics Feild Reports with Like.
2268 Impact Velocity
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Wilderness Blacktail replied to the thread What to build for blacktails? Hammer bullets, low recoil, 700 yard effective range.Nice! Whats ur barrel length?
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to horsefor4's post in the thread What to build for blacktails? Hammer bullets, low recoil, 700 yard effective range with Like.
I just built a gun for the same thing 6.5x284 shooting the 125 hammer hunter tipped at 3175 fps have shoot to 650 yards very accurate...
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25x284 is going to do what a 25-06 will do but in a shorter COAL. Still would probably run it in a long action though. You might be...
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Which one would produce higher velocities with a 20 inch barrel? I'd would assume the 284 case has more volume therefore more speed but...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to TheSouthpaw's post in the thread Waters Rifleman X bolt mags with Like.
No help on the xbolt, but I use a pair of the Waters Mags for Tikka .223 which allow loading a longer coal. They've never had a feeding...
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Wilderness Blacktail replied to the thread What to build for blacktails? Hammer bullets, low recoil, 700 yard effective range.I used to hunt a 257 Weatherby in the synthetic Vanguard, 24" barrel. 100 grainers runnin 3570 and gettin 10 loads on the cases. I could...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to willfrye027's post in the thread What to build for blacktails? Hammer bullets, low recoil, 700 yard effective range with Like.
Could do long or short action. Looks like even a 110hammer hunter from a 6.5 creedmoor could get me to 600 yards. Will have to play...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to willfrye027's post in the thread What to build for blacktails? Hammer bullets, low recoil, 700 yard effective range with Like.
Yep. I’ve killed with hammers down to 2000ish fps impact and it was still excellent terminal performance. But that was my 30-06 with a...